All you need to know: Australia v West Indies, first Test
Source:-www.cricket.com.au
Meeting for the second time in as many summers, Australia will be hoping the 2-0 scoreline is repeated when they meet West Indies in Adelaide and Brisbane.
Match facts
Who: Australia v West Indies
What: First NRMA Insurance Test Match
When: 17-21 January 2023, first ball at 10am local time (10:30am AEDT)
Where: Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
How to watch: Fox Cricket, Kayo Sports and Channel 7
Officials: Adrian Holdstock and Nitin Menon (standing), Sharfuddoula Saikat (third), Andy Pycroft (match referee)
Live scores: Match Centre
Highlights, news and reactions after the match: cricket.com.au, the CA Live app, the Unplayable Podcast. Listen and subscribe to the podcast below.
Here’s how to stay on top of all the action in the first Test between Australia and West Indies
The Squads
Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Matthew Renshaw, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc
West Indies: Kraigg Brathwaite (c), Alzarri Joseph (vc), Tagenarine Chanderpaul, Kirk McKenzie, Alick Athanaze, Kavem Hodge, Justin Greaves, Joshua Da Silva, Akeem Jordan, Gudakesh Motie, Kemar Roach, Kevin Sinclair, Tevin Imlach, Shamar Joseph, Zachary McCaskie
Australia have called Matthew Renshaw into their squad in place of the retired David Warner. The rest of the squad remains the same, including reserve seamer Scott Boland who comes back into the Test squad after being released for BBL duties during the Sydney Test. There are no injuries to speak of among the group, which has stayed remarkably healthy over the past 18 months.
The West Indies have named seven uncapped players in their squad of 15, with wholesale changes from the group they brought to Australia last summer. The unflappable Kraigg Brathwaite again leads the team, with fast bowler Alzarri Joseph his deputy. The Windies will be hoping for big things from their inexperienced middle order of Kirk McKeznie, Alick Athanaze and Kavem Hodge and need a big haul of wickets from veteran quick Kemar Roach.
Local knowledge
Australia have won nine of their past 10 matches at Adelaide Oval, including the last four in a row. But this fixture is a day Test (as opposed to the usual day-night) and their most recent day match in Adelaide was a loss to India in 2018-19.
It was a gigantic 419-run win to Australia in December 2022 when these two met here last summer, with big centuries to Marnus Labuschagne and Travis Head.